U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is a reserve area off the Pacific coast of the United States, near California. ...more on Wikipedia about "Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary"
The Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary is one of the United States' 13 National Marine Sanctuaries that protect and preserve ocean ecosystems in the U.S. Cordell Bank is a seamount approximately 50 miles northwest of San Francisco where the ocean bottom rises to within 120 feet (37 meters) of the surface. The seamount was discovered in 1853 by the U.S. Coast Survey, and named for Edward Cordell, who surveyed the area more thoroughly in 1869. It has been protected as a sanctuary since 1989. The protected area encompasses 526 square miles (1347 square km) of ocean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary"
The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary in the Florida Keys. It includes the third-largest coral barrier reef in the world. It also has extensive mangrove forest and seagrass fields. The Marine Sanctuary includes a 2,800 square nautical mile (9,600 km2) area surrounding the Keys and reaching into the Atlantic Ocean, Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. The Sanctuary was established in 1990. ...more on Wikipedia about "Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary"
The Flower Garden Banks (often simply the "Flower Gardens") is a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, located roughly 105 miles (170 km) south of Sabine Pass. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary"
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary is one of the largest near shore live-bottom reefs in the southeastern United States. The sanctuary, designated in January of 1981, is located 17.5 nautical miles off Sapelo Island, Georgia, and is one of 13 marine sanctuaries that make up the U.S. National Marine Sanctuary System. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary"
The Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary is one of 13 marine sanctuaries in the U.S., found outside San Francisco's Golden Gate, and comprises part of the United Nations' Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve . It adjoins two other National Marine Sanctuaries, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. The Sanctuary was declared in 1981 and protects about 1250 square miles (3,240 km²) of the waters off San Francisco, part of the highly productive California Current Sysytem. Within the sanctuary are the Farallon Islands and associated National Wildlife Refuge, the sanctuary protects the feeding grounds of the seabirds and seals that breed and haul out on the islands. The sanctuary also protects migrating whales, especially Gray Whales, and a population of Great White Sharks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary"
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) is a Federally protected marine area offshore of California's central coast. ...more on Wikipedia about "Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary"
The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary is one of 13 marine sanctuaries in the U.S., found off the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, U.S.A. The Sanctuary was declared in 1994 and protects about 3,310 square miles of the Pacific Ocean between Cape Flattery in the north and the mouth of the Copalis River in the south, a distance of about 135 miles. The Sanctuary extends into the water from 25 to 40 miles. Included are three submarine canyons, the Nitinat, Quinault, and Juan de Fuca. 65 miles of the Sanctuary's coastline overlap with Olympic National Park. Also included within the Sanctuary are the Flattery Rocks, Quillayute Needles, and Copalis Rock National Wildlife Refuges. ...more on Wikipedia about "Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary"
The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve is a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary on the Thunder Bay of Lake Huron within the U.S. state of Michigan. The 448-square mile sanctuary and underwater preserve protects an estimated 116 historically significant shipwrecks ranging from nineteenth century wooden side-wheelers to twentieth century steel-hulled steamers. The Thunder Bay is the thirteeneth National Marine Sanctuary designated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary"
A U.S. National Marine Sanctuary is a protected marine ecosystem within U.S. waters. Currently there are 13 sanctuaries, which are administered by the National Marine Sanctuaries Program, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The program began after an oil spill off California in 1969 brought the plight of marine ecosystems to national attention. Congress responded in 1972 with the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act which allowed for the creation of marine sanctuaries. ...more on Wikipedia about "U.S. National Marine Sanctuary"
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